Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-11
WASHINGTON.
WHAT IS GOING on IN THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL,
Mr.. Ranaalrs Motion-Ihter.state Com
meree- The Mormon Measure Briefs
and Personals,
IRON our Regular Correspondent

tYrom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, January TO- 1897.
\ leading " c,tern Republican SAYS that
majoiil, Il his party viii vote against Mr.
Randalrs motion.
no reuoyt that the inter. Estate commerce
hin wouId probahy come 10 vote In the
senate THURSDAY was mentioned 70 Senator
PAYNE. of Ohio. this morning. Tho bust
ncs..hke Senator laughed, and replied that
il would be al least two weeks before The
ouc,tion was decided In the senate. There
arc many long speeches yet 10 be made, and
the disposition Is 10 offer amendments
Kcntuckians here say tblt Carlisle Will
heat Reck IN the senatorial eight; but they
declarc that no other mau can do II. Some
0,ct. and would Ike o. see both men oc-
admirers Of these gentlemen regret the con-
cupv The respective positions which they
hold. The suggestion l. made that Beck
shall run for Congress and he made chair
man ~ the ways and Means Committee.
To ;his. of course, tee friends OF the Sena'
for raise strenuous objections.
rur MORMON MEASURE.
In IN, House this afternoon Mr. Tucker
scc,,,rdtwo dlv, for the Mormon IN 1-ure-
W,dn,sd,, and Thursday. NJ. Reed in'
t,nstrd or seemed 10 intimate, tnat there
u,sa disposition 20 play with The question,
INT the prompt and incisiyc stand TAKEN Dy
Mir Tucker caused the Republican leader
10 take water. lie said that ne h1d not
charged that there was such dlsp0sluOn'
NOTES.
Governor Curtain called the bin up
which gives The right 20 bmld a hotel at
Forlrc.s Monroe on Government land.
MIR. Iibbcy objected 10 present considera-
lion.
Under the call Of states to-day Colonel
Green. of North Carolina, introduced bill
to provide for taxation on the basis OF IN
come.
General Cox introduced a bill for the re-
lief If the widow Of Rev. Moses Hopkins,
late Minister to Liberia. II pays one
wears salary to Mrs. Hopkins. lie also in
PRODUCED a bin 10 extend the tine for the
consideration 81 French spOliauDn claims
by the Court OF Claims.
Mr.. Libbey introduced bill to purchase
keepers lodge for the Yorktown monu-
ment. II provides for the appropriation Of
$1,000 for the purchase Of the Nelson
house.
Colonel Cabell introduced bill for the
relief Of If. II. Harper; Mr., Libbey one for
pension for Kate Ryan, and another for
the relief Of Peter Guyhaster.
senator Vance presented a petition from
the Pee-Dcc Manufacturing Company OF
Rockingham, y. c., asking for the repeal
Of internal taXes.
BR. TUCEER's BILLS.
At the moment Of adjournment Saturday
Mfr. Tucker introduced three bills. The
first was 10 prescribe The mode OF admins
tering Olths 10 bank officers. II provides
that any oath OF affirmation required by
-. ali
or agent 81 banking association. may be
tsscn before a notary public, or 6y any
other officer using a seal or properly au-
fbsfined in the State or Territory to adj.
minister Oaths. or before any commissioner
of a circuit court.
The second bill amends section 3709 OF the
Revised Statutes 50 as 10 make the section
read: All purchases and contracts for
supplies or services in excess OF 500 IN
any Of the Departments OF the Govern
mcut except" &c. The amendment con-
1sts in inserting the words lin excess OF
i've hundred dollars
The third bill amends and reGnactS sec
ton 300 II the Revised Statutes so as 10
read A. follows: every president, direc-
tor, cashier, teller, clerk, or agent OF any AZ
ISOLATION who embczZles, abstracts, or will
fully mlsapples any Of the moneys, funds,or
credits of the association, or who, without
authority from the directors, issues or puts
In circulation any Of the notes OF the ASSOC
citation. or who without such authority is
sue, OF puts forth any certificate OF deposit
or draws any order or bill OF exchange,
makes any acceptance, assigns any note,
bond, draft, bill Of exchange, judgment,
or decree, or any such officer or person,
bank-eXamner, agent, or other person
auaF.1nvaI he tho (fopnf rnltnr
of the Currency, who makes any false en-
try in any book, report, or statement OF
The association with intent in either case
10 iniure or dcfraud the association or any
other company, body polite or corporate,
or any individual person, or TO deceive the
Comptroller OF the Currency or any person
in his employ, or any officer Of the asSOcia-
ton or any agent appointed to examine the
affairs Of any such association, and any
person who, with like intent, aids or
abet- any officer. clerk, or agent in auy yiO-
lJtiou Of this section, shall be deemed guilty
OF a misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned
not less than five Years moi more than ten
The act ., 10 be in force from It's passage.
Armistcad Barksdale has been commits
stoned ~ postmaster at Meadyillc.
MIR. l.. Brunhild, Of Richmond, aud Mr..
II. {. Hudson, 0l Virginia are visitors.
VII. ~ II. ' Oh bOhhtIcN anu MI. NOl.
(. We'll, of Wilmington, are here.
CONGRESSMAN skinner and family, OF
North Carolina, have arrived.
Mrs. John l.. Logan, OF New York, is
visiting her father, Hon. John Randolph
Tucker at the Clarendon.
Major Legh Page, Of Richmond. was at
The Capitol to-day.
mognale Of one OF the Pacific railroads
entered the committee.roOm OF Mr.. Pay
son, OF Illinois. and remarked to that gentle
man that he represented railway system
having a capital Of forty millions, and that
ne msant business. Mr.. PaysOn, who is
one Of the most iucorruptihle OF the Re-
publlcans in TIE House, showed his visitor
the door.
The probabilities are that the motion Of
Mr.. Randall Will not be made thi, week, a.
cJch day has lis special order, and Mr.. Ran
dali has not returned from Philadelphia.